firmware

[furm-wair]

noun Computers.

a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.

Origin of firmware

First recorded in 1965–70; firm¹ + (soft)ware

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Historical Examples of firmware

Just flash the firmware on a ten-dollar Radio Shack reader/writer and you're done.
Little Brother
Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for firmware

firmware

noun

computing a fixed form of software programmed into a read-only memory

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Word Origin and History for firmware

1968, from firm (adj.) + ending from software.